Lacing-hook-setting machine



A. R. ,HAVENEB. LACING HOOK SETTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-b1917- Patented Jan. 13,1920.

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A. R. HAVENEH.

LAQING HOOK SEWING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. I. 1917.

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A. R. HAVENER.

LACING HOOK SETTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 19H.

Patented Jan. 13, 1920.

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UNITED STATES PATNT onrion.

ARTHUR R. HAVENER, OF WALTI-IAM, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN LACING HOOK 00., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

LACIN'G-HOOK-SETTING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 13, 1920.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR R. HAVENER, a citizen of the United States, residing at vValtham, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Lacing-Hook- Setting Machines, of which the following is specification. i

This invention relates to a machine for setting lacing hooks or the like in the upper of a boot or shoe and simultaneously setting said lacing hooks in a reinforcing strip for said upper.

It isthe object of this invention to automatically set a predetermined number of lacing hooks in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip and after the pre determined number of lacing hooks has been set to sever that portion of the reinforcing strip which is attached to the upper by the lacing hooks, from the rest of the strip.

Furthermore, it is the object of this invention to provide means whereby the portion of the reinforcing strip which is attached to the upper may be partially severed or slitted so that that portion of the reinforcing strip attached to the upper may assume a curve corresponding to the edge of the upper without having any tendency to buckle or wrinkle either the strip or the upper to which it is attached.

As illustrating one form in whichmy in vention may be embodied I have employed the machine of my invention entitled Machine for setting lacing hooks for which U. S. Letters Patent were issued November 29, 1910, No. 977,090, and to this patent reference may be had for a complete de'scription of the mechanism which sets the lacing hooks in the upper and feeds the upper by means of said lacing hooks, the novel features of the present invention residing in the mechanism whereby the reinforcing strip for the upper and lacing hooks is fed, attached to the upper, slitted and severed from the main portion of the reinforcing strip, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and specifically described. I v

Before the machine is first started the reinforcing strip is first given an initial feed ing movement by the operator to bring the end portion of the strip beneath thep'unch which constitutes one member of the lacing hook setting instrumentalities, the punch then descends and sets a lacing hook in that portion of the reinforcing strip which has received said initial movementand simul-v jecting into the shank of the lacing hook 4 which has just been set and thus feeds the upper and the reinforcing strip.

The operation is then repeated to set another lacing hook in the reinforcing strip and .upper and after the predetermined number of lacing hooks have been set in the upper and reinforcing strip, the cutters are automatically operated to entirely sever that portion of the reinforcing strip which has been, attached to the upper by the hang,-

hooks from the main portion of said strip, the punch then feeds'the upper and while it is feeding said upper an independent reinforcing strip feed mechanism gives the reinforcing strip an initial feed so that it will be ready and in position to be attached to another upper when the first lacing hook is set in said other upper. After the punch has fed the upper forward the last time it returns to its initial position ready to punch the reinforcing strip and a new upper and the machine is then stopped.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts set forth inthe following. specification and particularly pointed out in the claims thereof.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my in proved'lacing hook setting machine.

F 1g. 2 1S a right hand side elevationfof the same, with the strip reel and its sup- 1 porting bracket shown in broken lines.

ters for partially severing said reinforcing 4 strip and the mechanism for operating said .95 Fig. 3 is a detail plan, partly in section,

cutters to subsequently entirely severfsaid strip. I Fig. 4

ter transversely .ofthe primary cutter.-

is a detail section, taken on the line 44 of Fig. 2, illustrating the mechanism for automatically moving the secondary cut- Fig. dis a view of a portion of the inner side of a shoeupper showing the strip partially severed at intervals and acting as a reinforcement for the upper to which it has been riveted.

Fig. 6 is a detail section partly in elevation, taken on the line 66 of F ig. 3.

Figs. 7 and 8, are detail sectional plan views taken on'the line 77 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 9 is a sectional elevation taken on the line 9'-9. of Fig. 3, looking toward the right,

illustrating the punch in its uppermost position the lacing hook carrier plate in its lowermost position, and the cutters positioned relatively to each other to partially sever the reinforcing strip.

Fig, 10 is a sectional elevation similar to Fig. 9, illustrating the punch at the termination of the punching operation.

F ig. 11 is a sectional elevation taken on the line 11l1 of Fig. 3, illustrating'the hook setting instrumentalities at the termination of the setting operation, the cutters in position to partially sever the strip during the upward movement of the presser foot prior to the feeding of'the upper and the mechanism for giving the strip its initial feeding movement.

Fig. 12'is a sectional elevation similar to Fig. 11 with the various parts in the positions they assume at the termination of the lateral movement of the punch which simultaneously feeds the upper and reinforcing strip.

13 is a detail view of the cutters positioned relatively to each other to entirely sever the reinf )rcingv strip, said cutters be ing shown inthe positions they occupy at the termination of the cutting operation.

Figyl is a detail section of the secondary cutter taken on the line 1414 of Fig. 9.

F 15 is a detail front elevation of a cam.

Like numerals refer to like parts, througl out the several vieivs of the drawings.

In the drawings, is the frame of the machine and 2l the main driving cam shaft which is driven by, means ofa clutch pulley 22which turnsjl'oose uPQn the main driving shaft 21' until locked thereto by a clutch 23 operated in a manner well known to those skilled'i'n theart by means of a clutch lever 2 l'w'hich is operated by a rod 25] connected to a suitable, 'treadle (not shown in the drawings) and by anarm 26..

Theu'pper 2? of a shoe is, placed upon a work support 28 hy the operator, with the front edge of the upper resting against an edge gage. 29. Theworksupport is made in v parts nd 3 tween wh ch cat'ed a portion ofthe lacing hook feeding mechanism. The part 3Q is formedintegral with a bracket 32 fas'tto the frame 20, and has a slot 33 extending along the top thereof through. which the lacing hooks, pass as the upp erisfed forward after the setting operation has taken place, see Fig. 4.-

The part 31 of the work support is a plate the presser foot. upon the workfsup port and again when it is removed therefrom, the rod 25 is pushed upwardly rocking the arm 26 which is fastened to a rock-shaft 35. The rock-shaft 35 'is journaled to rock in bearings 36 on the right hand side of the frame, see Figs. land 2.

Adjustably fastened to the front end of the rock-shaft 35 is an arm 37, the" free end of which bears against the bottom of the rod 38' adapted to slide vertically in bearings 39 and 40' on the right hand side of the frame 20. The presser foot is adjustably fastened to the rod 38 by a screw 41. A spring 42 presses the rod 38 downwardly. hen the presser foot is operated automatically by power from the main driving shaft, as for example when the upper 27 is released to allow the punch to feed it forward into position to receive a new hook, the operation is as follows A lever 43-is pivoted at 44; to the frame 20 and has mounted thereon a cam roll 45 which bears against the periphery'of a cam l6 fast to theinain drivingv shaft 21. The other end 47 of the lever 43 projects through a slot in the frame 20 and into a slot 48 in the rod38, It willthusbeseen that at the proper timethe cam 46 will-rock the lever 43 raising the rod 33, against the action. of the. spring l2 to raise the presserjfoot and relasethe uppe 1 The echanism for operating the punch and die, feeding the lacing-hooksinto position, inserting them iirthe upper, andyfeeding the upper a predetermined distance in order to have the operation repeated, has all been the subjectof a prior patent as previously stated,and it is not thought that it is necessary to give a complete detailed description of hsxfieme.

Briefly 'descrihed, however, said mechanism is 'as follow 's are fastened tola plunger 54 arranged'to slide vertically in bearings 55 in the frame 20.

A vertical reciprocatory motion is imparted to the plunger 54 by a crank arm 56 fast to the end of a rock shaft 57 journaled to rock in bearings 58 in the frame 20. The crank arm 56 has a crank pin 59 thereon which projects into a sliding block 60 located in a segmental slot 61 provided in -a block 62 fast to the plunger 54.

A rocking motion is imparted to the shaft 57 by means of a link 63 pivotally connected at its upper end to an arm 64 fast to the shaft 57 and pivotally connected at its lower end to a cam lever 65 which is rocked upwardly and downwardly at the proper time by cams 66 and 67 which are fast to the main driving shaft 21. The link 63 is also utilized to operate the mechanism for feeding the reinforcing strip which will be de-- scribed later.

A lateral movement is imparted to the punch 49 as follows:

The punch holder 52 is arranged to slide,

; as hereinbefore set forth, upon the tubes 53 and a sliding movement is imparted thereto by means of an arm 68 which is connected to said punch holder at 69 by a pin 70 upon which the punch holder is slidable vertically between the ears 71 forming a part of the arm 68. The arm 68 is adjustably fastened to a rock shaft 72 arranged to rock in bearings 73 on the frame 20. An arm 74 is fastened to the rock-shaft 72 at its lower end and the arm 74 is connected through suitable mechanism (not shown) to a cam slide adapted to be reciprocated by suitable cams fast to the main driving shaft 21. It will thus be seen that a vertical reciprocatory motion is imparted to the punch holder and the punch and anvil thereon are raised and lowered at the proper time to punch the material and assist in the setting of the'lacing hook in the material.

Also a lateral movement is imparted to the punch holder whereby the punch will feed the upper while the punch is inserted in the lacing hook shank after the settinx operation and then move said punch bacr after it has been disengaged from the lacing hook into position to repeat the operation upon another hook.

A die plate 75, Fig. 1, cojperates with the punch 49 to punch the hole through the material and is fastened to aslide 76 adapted to slide in ways in the frame 20. ciprocatory motion is imparted to said slide 7 6 by a lever 77 pivoted at 78 to the frame 20. The lever 77 is connected by a link 79 to a lacing hook carrier slide 89. Thus it will be seen that as the lacing hook carrier slide is reciprocated, as hereinafter described, the link 79 will impart a rocking movement to the lever 77 and thus a reciprocatory movement will be imparted to the A rebears at one end a ed on the hopper 81. The raceway 82 guides the lacing hooks in a manner well known to those skilled in the art downwardly from the hopper 81 to an auxiliary raceway 86 down which they are fed one at a time by suitable mechanism (not shown in the drawings but fully illustrated and'described in the before mentioned patent) and pushed onto a lacing hook carrier plate 87 as illustrated in Fig. 9, when said lacing hook carrier plate is in alinement with the lower end of the auxiliary raceway 86.

The lacing hook carrier plate- 87 is fas- 'tened in the upper end of a lever 88 which is pivoted in the slide 89in such a manner that at the completion of the setting operation the late 87 may be disengaged from the lacing ook. The slide 89 has a vertical reciprocatory motion imparted thereto by a lever 90 to which it is connected by a pin 91, Fig. 1.

The lever 90 is rocked at the proper time i by a cam 92 fast to the main driving shaft 21 to raise the slide 89 and force the shank, of the lacing hook 80 through the material against the anvil to clench the hook securely to the material, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 11'.

The mechanism for feeding a reinforcing strip for the upper 27 to be fastened thereto by the lacing hooks, partially severed between the lacing hooks in order that said strip may assume acurve corresponding to the edge of theupper without wrinkling, and finally entirely severing saidstrip is as follows: (See Figs. 1, 2, and 9 to 13.)

The strip 93 coiled in a roll 94 is placed upon a reel 95 mounted upon a rod 96 fastened in a bracket 97 which in turn is fastened to the frame 20 of the machine. The reel 95 is formed in two separate parts 98 and 99 each loosely mounted upon the rod 96 and having sides 100 and 101 respectively adapted to bear against the edge of the roll 94.

A spring 102 encircles the rod 96 and 'ainst the side 99 of the reel 95 and the other end bears againsta collar 103 adjustably fastened to the rod 96, thus creating sufficient tension to prevent the tape from unwinding {too rapidly. The strip is directed from the roll to the initial feeding mechanism with its inside surface as it is wound upon the roll facing down. This is very important as there is a tendency for beneath it.

A finger 104 is pivoted upon a pin 105 in a forked arm 106, said arm being adapted to rock with a stud 107 in a bearing 108 formed upon the presser foot 34. The finger 104 has a pointed end which is always held in engagement with the reinforcing strip 93 by a spring 109, said point piercing the strip when the finger 104 is rocked in the proper direction and giving to the strip its initial feeding movement.

Fast to the stud 107 is another arm 110 which has a spherical end 111. A link 112 connects the arm 110 with a pin 113 which is fast in the arm 118 of a lever 119. The pin 113 has a spherical end 114. The link 112 is constructed in two parts which are recessed at 115 and 116 to fit the spherical ends 111 and 114 of the arm 110 and pin 113 respectively, see Fig. 3.

Screws 117 fasten the two parts of the link 114 together upon the arm 110 and the pin 113 and thereby form a universal coupling between the arm 110' and the'lever 119. The lever 119 is pivoted upon a vertical stud @120 which is mounted in the presser foot 34 and is rocked upon said stud 120 by motion transmitted by a rod 121 connected to a bell crank lever 122 pivoted at 123 to a bracket 124 fast to the frame 20. The connecting rod 121 is constructed in two sections 125 and 126 which are adapted to be adjusted relatively to each other, to increase ordiminish the length of the rod by means of a turnbuckle 127 and cooperating lock nuts 128.

:The rod 121 is connected at one end to the lever-119 by means of a clamping member 1.29having-a recess 130 adapted to -fit the spherical head 131 of a pin 132 fast to the lever 119', and the other end of said-rod is similarly fastened to the bell crank lever levers and for-the vertical movement ofthe presser foot 34.

The other arm 138 of the lever 122 has journaled thereon a cam roll 139 which engages a cam 140 fast to the link 63. The lower'portion of the cam 140, is cylindricalwhile the upper portion 141 is conical. A spring 142 keeps the roll 139 in engagement with the earn 140. Thus it will be seen that with each downward movementof the link 63 the cam 140 will descend and the cam roll which has been engaging the cylindrical circumference of said cam will engage the conical surface 141 and cause the lever 122' to rock in the direction of the arrow (4, Fig. 3, and thus through the mechanism just de scribed cause the finger 104 to move backwardly or to the right, Fig. 12.

Upon the last upward movement of the link 63 and subsequent to the completesevering of the strip, the movement of the strip feeding mechanism will be, reversed, thefinger 104 will pierce the strip and push said strip forward into position to, receive, the

firstlacing hook, It should be. unde-rstoOd that the mechanism just describecl'is only for giving to the reinforclngstrlp its 1n1t1a1 feeding movement, for that portion of, the

strip which receives the first lacinghook and which is clearly illustrated at 143:, in Figs. 5, 11 and 12.

The succeeding portions 144 are all fed forward by the lateral movement given to the punch 49 as illustrated in F ig. 12. By referring to Fig. 5 it will be seen that the partially severed portion 143 is much shorter than the succeeding partially. severed portions 144 and at the same time the lacing hooks are evenly spaced. The length of the initial feed ofthe' reinforcing strip is so regulated that it will always be shorter than the succeeding feeds given by the punch even when the lacing hooks are given their shortest spacing, thus saving a waste of the strip. The length of the portion 143 will always remain constant while. the length of the portions 144 will vary according to'the spacing of the hooks.

W'ith these points in mind it will be seen that after the initial feeding movement given to the reinforcing strip and after the insertion of the first lacing hook, the mechanism which causes said movement. while always in'operation is not performing any work because the length of strip that is being fed beneath .thepointof: the finger 104 by the punch 49' is longer than the distance traveled bv-the point of the finger 104, and

although the finger 10.4 is traveling in'the same-direction simultanegusly with thefo rward movement of the stripit'isjnot travel ing as fast. as the strip and the strip is sliding under the point of the. finger. I

A spring 145 which is fast to the presser foot 34 acts as a guide to. direct the strip 1 93 tothe cutters and also engages-the edge of the strip with sufficient pressure; to prevent. any; withdrawal ofthe strip during the rearward movement 05 llhflfinger 104.

I will now,-proceed to describe the. me cha nism which partially severs the reinforcing stripbetween the; lacing hooks. A'block 146 is adjustably fastenedupon the stud 50 which forms a partof the punchingmechanism by a screw 147. Upon this block 146" is fastened the primary cutter 148 which has a cutting blade 149 which is formed at right,

angles to the body portion of the cutter.

Screws 150 in the block 146 bear. against the cutting blade and are adapted to adjust said cutting blade relatively to another cutter 151 which is mounted upon the (presser foot .34. j

The primary cutter moves upwardly and downwardly simultaneously with the punch and when the punch is in its lowermost position, as illustratedin Fig. 11, during which time the lacing hook is being inserted in the material, the cutting edge 152 of the pnmary cutter will just contact with the reinforcing strip 93 but will not eutthe same. The cutter 151 which constitutes the secondary cutter is mounted in the presser foot 34 and is raised and lowered simultaneously therewith. Said cutter 151 is also arranged to slide horizontally in said presser foot, the cutter having formed integral therewith a dovetailed portion 153 which fits a similar groove 154 formed in the presser foot, Figs. 9 to 13.

A slot 155 is formed in the secondary cutter 151 and the lower edge of this slot has an inclined cutting edge 156 over which the reinforcing strip is guided and upon which itrests while being cut. Thecutter 151 also has a vertical groove 155 in. its front face (Fig. 14). Upon the completion of the setting operation, illustrated in Fig. 11, the presser foot is, automatically raised as hereinbefore described, to release the upper to allow the punch -to feed the upper forward.

At this time, due to the groove 155 being positioned beneath the strip 93, the-cutting edge 156 extends only part way across said strip or approximately the length ofone of the slits 157, Fig. 5. Said upward movement of the presser foot is enough to cause the reinforcing strip to be severed a portion of its width, as illustrated at 157, Fig. 5, and leaves a portion 158 uncut along the side of the reinforcing strip nearest the edge 159 of the shoe upper. As the upper is then fed forward by the punch to the position illustrated in Fig. 12 the unsevered portion of the reinforcing strip will pull with it an amount of strip equal'to-the length of feed given the upper and this will be repeated after each setting operation until a predetermined number of hooks have been inserted when the strip will be entirely severed, as hereinafter described. v

As the upper is fed forward the operator keeps the edge 159 of the upper 27- against the gage 29 and as'saide'dge 159 of nearly every upper is curved for a portion of its length at least, the edge 160 of the reinforcing strip 93 will easily conform with the curve 159 of the upper without wrinkling said reinforcing strip, the slots 157 a spreading more or less according tothe curvature of the upper, as illustrated in Fig.

The mechanism which {causes the rent forcing strip to be entirely scwercd 'after a.

The lever 119 which is adapted berockedupon the stud 120 as previously described has formed integral therewith an arm 161. This arm 161 has fast thereto a pin 162 which projects downwardly into a pawl 164 which has projecting upwardly therefrom a pin 165 which isengaged by a flat spring 166 fastened to the lever 119.

The pawl 164 has a cylindrical stem 167 projecting from its lowerside which. has a. reduced portion 168 formed therein which is adapted to fit and slide in a slot 169 formed in a plate 170 mounted on a block 171 upon the plate 31 forming a part of the work support 28. The slot 169 is formed concentric with the center of the stud 120 and the pawl l64'is moved forward and movement of the lever-119. .The pawl 164 is prevented from moving vertically away from the plate- 170 by shoulders 172 and 173 formed by the reduced portion 168 of the stem 167. 1

When the presser foot 34, together with the mechanism mounted thereon, is raised for the reasons previously stated, the pawl 164 will remain stationary, the pin 162 sliding Vertically therein, as illustrated in Fig. 6. The pawl 164 engages teeth 174 of a ratchet 175, and. the spring ,166'bearing against the pin 165 normally tends to keep the pawl in engagement with the teeth 17 4.

The ratchet 17 5 is fast to the stud 120',

and has a series of holes 1, 2, 3, 4therein arranged concentric with the center of said stud. A setting pin 177 may be placed in any one of said holes and a coil spring 178 fast at one end to the frame 20and "at the other end to a in inserted in the periphery of the ratchet 1 5 normally tends to pull the setting pin 177 toward and against a stop pin 179 projecting from the side of the presser foot 34.

Formed integral with the stud 120 at its lower end is a contact member 180 which has a portion of its periphery cut away at 181 consequently forming. a tooth 18 2. The under surface of the contactmember-180 is flush with the under surface of the presser foot 34. Inserted in a groove 183 in the under surface of the presser foot is a .slide 184 which has a projection 185 formed on its under side, Figs; 4, 6, 7 and 8. The tooth 182 is adapted to engage the projection 185 and move the slide 184 in the groove 183 in the directionofthe arrow 5, Fig. 4, against the pressure of a coil spring 186 which normally tends to hold the slide 184 in the position illustrated in Fig. A lever 187 ispivoted 'atl88-in a recess 189 formed in the under side of the presser foot 34 under surface of the lever being strip he places the pin in the hole flush with the under surface of the presser foot. One end of the lever 187 projects into slot 183 by the contact member 180 the lever 187 is rocked upon its pivot 188 thereby moving the secondary cutter 151 transversely of the primary cutter 148 into the position illustrated in Fig. 13.

This transverse movement of the secondary cutter 151 Wlll move the groove 15'5 out from beneath the reinforcing strip 93 which is projecting through the slot so that the inclined cutting edge 156 will extend entirely across the strip 93 and upon the next upward movement of the presser foot 34 the reinforcing strip will be entirely severed, as illustrated in Fig. 13.

Loosely mounted upon the stud 120 is a latch 193 normally held in the position illustrated in Fig. 3, by a coil spring 194 which is fast at one end to the frame 20 and at the other end to an arm 195 formed on the latch. The latch 193 also has an arm 196 with a notch 197 in its outer end. A pin 198 projecting upwardly from the ratchet 17 5 is adapted to engage the arm 196 at certain times in the operation of the mechanism and rotate said latch upon the stud 120.

A locking pawl 199 is pivoted at 200 upon the block 171 and is adapted to engage the teeth 174 of the ratchet 175. A flat spring 201 normally holds the pawl 199 against a stop pin 202 and in engagement with the teeth 174 to hold the ratchet 17 5 against rotation thereof by the spring 178 while the pawl 164 is moving backward to engage another tooth.

Before starting the machine to set hooks in the upper and in the reinforcing strip the operator inserts the pin 177 in one of the holes 1, 2, 3 or 4 in the ratchet 175, for example, if he desires to set six hooks before the reinforcing strip is entirely severed he places the pin 17 7 in the hole 1; if he desires to set five hooks before severing the 2; if he desires to set four hooks he places the pin in the hole 3 and if he desires to set threehooks stop pin 179'by'the' spring 178. The mechanism herein illustrated is arranged to set not less than three nor more than six hooks before the severing operation takes place. The tooth 182 on the" contact member 180 will be positioned relatively to the projection 185 on the slide 184 to engage said projection at the proper time to move said slide and thereby move the secondary cutter.

The general operation of the mechanism hereinbefore described is as follows:

Assuming the parts of the machine to be in the relative locations illustrated in Fig. 3, with the reinforcing strip 93 having been fed forward bythe initial movement so that the end thereof projects beneath the: punch, the operator presses the treadle in the proper direction to raise the rod 25, looking the arm 26, rock-shaft 35 and arm 37 so as to lift the rod 38 and thus raise the presser foot- 34. The upper 27 is then placed upon the work support 28 with its front edge resting against the edge gage 29, the tread'le is released and the presser foot descends and is operated to clamp the upper to the work Y support by the spring 42.

i The reinforcing strip 93 is directed from the reel 95 to the presser foot 34 beneath the finger 104 with its inner surface facing down and resting upon a shelf 341. of the presser foot 34 in a slot 342 in said presser foot. Said stripprojects through the inclined slot 155 of the secondary cutter 151 and into position under the punch 49.

After the upper 27 has been clamped upon the work support 28 the operator rocks the treadlein the proper direction to lower-the rod 25 and thereby throws the clutch into engagement with the clutch pulley 22 and starts the machine. The punch 49 immediately descends and coactin-g with the die 75 punches a hole in the i-einforcinostrip 93 and the upper 27, as illustrated in Fig. 10. The vertical movement is imparted to the punch by the plunger 54, crank arm 56, rock- 105 shaft 57, arm 64 and link 63, said link ceiving a substantially vertical movement from a cam fast to the main driving. shaft 21.

The primary cutte1*148, being mounted upon the punch stud 59, descends with the punch. As the link 63' descends the lever 122 will rock in 't he direction of the arrow a, F ig. 3, and through the connecting rod 121 will. rock the lever 119' and thereby, cause the pawl 164 to move a sufli'cient distance to engage the neXt' tooth in the ratchet 17 5. The same rocking movement of the lever 119 will cause the finger 104 to draw back over the I reinforcing strip, said strip being held 120 firmly by the spring 145. i

A lacing hook 80 having been released from the raceway 82 fed down the auxiliary raceway 86 and upon" the lacing hook car- 'rier plate 87 the l'a'ei i'ig hook carrier slide '89 commences" to rise, thed ie 75 withdraws from under the punch 49, the punchthen descends slightly and as the shank of the lacing hook 80' forced through the upper f 2c and reinrm-cing: strip 93 his mail 51. is)

will crimp over the shank of the lacing hook and clench the hook in the material, as illustrated in Fig. 11. v

The cutting edge 152 of the primary cutter 148. will be brought down against the upper surface of the strip 93 but will not cut the strip. The punch 49 will now be raised very slightly to release the pressure upon the lacing hook and to allow the lacing hook carrier plate 87 to be withdrawn from the hook 8O whereupon the presser foot 84 will be automatically raised to release the upper in order that the upper may be fed forward. The presser foot is automatically raised by the cam 46, lever 43 and rod 38.

As the presser foot rises it carries with it p the secondary cutter 151 and as the cutting edge of said cutter 151 extends only partly across and beneath the reinforcing strip 93 it will only partially sever said reinforcing strip, as illustrated in Fig. 5 zit-157.

The punch 49, still in engagement with the shank of the lacing hook 80, is moved laterally and the cutter 148 moves with it, thus feeding the upper and pulling with said upper the reinforcing strip, as illustrated in Fig. 12. The lateral movement is imparted to the punch 49 through the slide 52, arm 68, rock-shaft 72 and arm 74 from the main driving shaft 21.

During the feeding of the upper 27 the lacing hook carrier slide 89 descends to its original position and at the termination of the feeding movement the presser foot also descends and again clamps the upper. The punch now moves upwardly out of the lacing hook and then laterally to its first position, as illustrated in Fig.- 1. Y

Simultaneously vwith the lateral movement of the punch 49 at which time the link 68 is moving upwardly, the lever 122 is rocked in the reverse direction to that indicated by the arrow a, Fig. 3 and thereby through the connecting rod 121, lever 119 and pawl 164, the ratchet 175 will be moved forward one tooth and the contact mem- 180 will also be moved correspondingly so that the distance between the tooth 182 and the projection 185 on the slide 184 will be decreased.

The cycle of operations is then repeated, the reinforcing strip being partially sev ered between each successive hook, as illustrated in Fig. 5. The edge 159 of the upper being held agianst the edge gage 29, the edge 160 of the reinforcing strip will easily conform to the curve of the upper without wrinkling, the slits 157 spreading, as indicated in Fig. 5, according to the degree of the curve of the upper.

With, each successive rocking movement of the lever 119 the pawl 164 will feed the ratchet 175 forward one tooth and the pawl 199 will hold said ratchet in its advanced position against the tension of the spring 178 while the pawl 164 is returning to engage a new tooth.

It is evident that as the ratchet175 is thus advanced the tooth 182 on the contact member 180 will continue to advance toward the projection 185 on the slide 184, until just previous to the setting of the final hook the tooth 182 will engage said projection 185 on the slide 184 and move said slidein ward as usual by the punch but the strip,

now being severed, cannot be moved forward by said punch and therefore the initial feeding movement of the strip is accomplished by means of the finger .1104 which will be fed forward with its point penetrating the strip and giving to said strip its initial feeding movement for the succeeding upper. l

It will be understood that as the ratchet 175 is rotated step by step, as hereinbefore set forth, it willeventually arrive at the position illustrated in Fig. 7 and the latch 198 will be moved from the position illustrated in Fig. 3 to that illustrated in Fig. 7 by the pin 198, which, being fastened to the ratchet 175, will be carried by said ratchet into engagei'nent with said latch i and thus said latch will be moved to the position illustrated in Fig. 7.

In the position illustrated in Fig. 7 it will be seen that the ratchet is held against rotation by the locking pawl 199 and at thisi time the secondary cutter will be in position to entirely sever the strip. The pawl 164 will now be. moved backwardly until the end thereof engages the latch 193 which will operate to throw said pawl out of'en gagement with the ratchet; then upon a forward movement of the pawl 164 said latch will be moved to the position illustrated in Fig. 8.

The pawl 164 will engage the pawl 199 and throw it out of engagement with the ratchet and said ratchet will then be carried back from the position illustrated in Fig. 7 to that illustrated in Fig. 8 and will be stopped by the pin 177 engaging the stop pin 179 and the contact member will also be. carried back to the position illustratedin Fig.". 8.

The pawls 164 and 199 and the latch 193 will now b (the position illustrated in Fig. 8 and the contact member, having been withdrawn from contact with the PIOJBC- tion 185; slide 18 1, lever 18? and secondary cutter 151, will also return to the positions they formerly occupied, as illustrated in Fig. 4.

The operator now rocks'the treadle and raises the presser foot 34 to remove the upper but this time the presser foot has to be raised a sufficient distance to disengage the latch 193 from the pawl 164E, whereupon the latch will return to the position illustrated in Fig. 3 and the pawls 1M and 199 .will also return to the positions illustrated in said Fig. :3 and the machine is now ready for the lacing hooks to be set in the next upper.

It will be seen, by means of the mechanism hereinbefore described, that the lacing hooks are attached to the shoe upper and to the reinforcing strip in such a manner as to reinforce the upper by the reinforcing strip .so attached thereto by the lacing hooks that it will not be wrinkled or rendered less pliable and yielding by reason of said reinforcing strip.

This resul v has been accomplished by making the reinforcing strip continuous througlr out its entire length, the reinforcing strip itself being slit partly thereacross at intervals so that it can be bent around a curve conforming with the edge of the upper to which it is attached without wrinkling said upper or reinforcing strip.

By the construction hereinbefore set forth it will be evident that not only can the reinforcing strip be bent to follow the curve of the edge of the upper but also that there is no danger of a hook pulling out of the upper, pulling the reinforcing strip with it, as it would be liable to do in the case of the reinforcing pieces being put on separately, that is, one reinforcing section for each lacing hook.

It will be evident that in order to detach one lacing hook from the upper when :the lacing hooks have been attached ,to the reinforcing stri-p, as hereinbefore set forth, that it should either pull the entire reinforcing strip away from the upper or that it should tear said reinforcing strip across the portion thereof at the end of one of the trans verse slits. This, however, would be im possible with any use to which. the shoe is put as the reinforcing strip is made of strong material.

I claim:

1. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of .a .boot or shoe and in a reinforcings'triptherefor and means for automatically partially severing a portion of said strip therefrom. after said lacing I hook has been set.

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2. A lacing hock setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoeand n a reinforcing strip therefor and means for slitting said strip partly thereacross comprising a primary cutter, a secondary cutter coacting therewith, mechanism for feeding said strip between said cutters and means to automatically move said secondary cutter toward said primary cutter after said lacing book has been set.

3. A lacing hooksetting .machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot .or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor and means for auton'latically partially severing a portioirof said strip therefrom at the termination of the setting operation.

-l. A lacing hook setting machine .having, in combination, means for setting a series of lacing hooks in the upper or a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor and means for automatically severing from said strip the portion thereofwhich has been attached to said upper by said lacing hooks.

5. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a series of lacing hooks in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, and means for slitting said strip partly Ithereacross between adjacent hooks and for auto matically severing from said strip the portion thereof which has been attached to said upper by said lacing hooks.

.6. A lacing hook setting machine having,

in combination, means for setting a series of lacing hooks in the upper of .a-boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, said setting means embodying a punch adapted to pierce a hole in said upper and reinforcing strip, mechanism adapted to move said punch laterally thereof to feed said upper and reinforcing strip and means for partially severing said strip between adjacent hooks and for automatically entirely severing from said strip the portion thereof which has been attached .to said upper bv said hooks. 7. A lacing hook setting machine having, 1n combination, means for setting a series of lacing hooks in the upperxof a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, said setting means embodying a punch adapted to pierce a hole in said upper and e 'forci g ip, mech nism adapted t move said punch laterally thereof to feed said upper and reinforcing strip and means for automatically severing from said strip the portion thereof which has been attached to said upper by said hooks 8. A lacing hooksetting mac ine having, in combination, means for set ng a. series of lacing hooks in the upper of a l-JQQt 0r shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor embodying a punch adapted to pierce a hole in said upper and reinforcing strip and to project into the shank of a lacin hook during the setting operation, m'ec an'ism adapted to move said punch laterally thereof after the setting operation and while said punch still projects into said shank whereby said upper and reinforcing strip may be fed to space said hooks and means for automatically severing from said strip the portion thereof which has been attached to said upper by said hooks.

9. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a series of lacing hooks in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor embodying a punch adapted to pierce a hOle in said upper and reinforcing strip and to project into the shank of a lacing hook during the setting operation, mechanism adapted to move said punch laterally thereof after the setting operation and while said punch still projects into said shank, whereby said upper and reinforcing strip may be fed and means for partially severing said strip between adjacent hooks and for automatically entirely severing from said strip the portion thereof which has been attached to said upper by said hooks.

10. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for imparting an initial feeding movement to a reinforcing strip, means for setting a series of lacing hooks in the upper of a boot or shoe and in said reinforcing strip, said setting means embodying a punch adapted to pierce a hole in said upper and reinforcing strip, and mechanism adapted to move said punch laterally thereof to feed said upper and reinforcing strip. I

11. A lacing hook setting. machine hav ing, in combination, means for imparting an initial feeding movement to a reinforcing strip, means for setting a series of lacing hooks in the upper of a boot or shoe and in said reinforcing strip, said setting means embodying a punch adapted to pierce a hole in said upper and reinforcing strip, mechanism adapted to move said punch laterally thereof to feed said upper and reinforcing strip and meansfor severing from said strip the portion which has been attached to said upper by said hooks.

12. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for imparting an initial feeding movement to a reinforcing strip, means for setting a series of lacing hooks in the upper of a. boot or shoe and in said reinforcing strip, said setting means embodying a punch adapted to pierce a hole in said upper and reinforcing strip, mechanism adapted to move said punch laterally thereof to feed said upper and reinforcing str p and mean f partially r:

ing said strip between adjacent hooks and for entirely severing from said strip the portion thereof which has been attached to said upper by said hooks.

13. A lacing hook setting machine hav- I ing, in combination, means for imparting an 1n1t1al feeding movement to a remforcing strlp, means for settlng a series of lacing hooks in the upper of a boot or shoe and in said reinforcing strip, said setting L means embodying a punch adapted to pierce a hole in said upper and reinforcing strip and to project into the shank of a lacing hook during the setting operation, mechanism adapted to move saidpunch laterally thereof after the setting operation and while said-punch still projects into said shank,

whereby said upper and reinforcing strip may be fed and means for severing from said strip the portion thereof which has been attached to said upper by said hooks.

14. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for imparting an initial feeding movement to a reinforcing strip, means for setting a serles of lacmg 1 hooks in the upper of a bootor shoeand in said reinforcing strip, said setting means embodying a punch adapted to piercea hole in said upper and reinforcing strip and to project into the shank of a lacing hook 7 during the setting operation, mechanism adapted to move said punch laterally there'- a secondary cutter adapted to coact with each other to out said strip, mechanism adapted to feed said upper and reinforcing strip simultaneously, mechanism adapted to feed said strip of reinforcing material alone and between said cutters and means to im-' part a vertical reciprocatory motion to ;one

- of said cutters, said reciprocatory cutter be-.

ing so arranged relatively to the other of said cutters as to partially sever a portion of said strip therefrom.

16. A lacing hook setting machine having,

in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, a primary cutter adapted to move vertically to. contact with said reinforcingstrip, a secondary cutter adapted to coact with said primary cutter, mechanism adapted to feed said strip of reinfprcing material betWl-ZQI! said c tte I means to impart a vertical reciprocatory motion to said secondary cutter and mecha- .n1sm adapted to move said secondary cutter transversely of said primary cutter, whereby a portlon of said reinforcing strlp may be partly severed therefrom or entirely severed 'hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, a primary cutter adapted to move vertically to contact With said reinforcing strip, a secondary cutter having an inclined slot therein and constituti-ng a guide for said strip and mechanism to impart a vertical reciprocatory motion to said secondary cutter transversely of said slot, whereby a portion of said strip may be partially severed therefrom.

18. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, a primary cutter adapted to move vertically to contact with said reinforcing strip, a secondary cutter having an inclined slot therein and constituting a guide for said strip, means to feed said strip through said slot and mechanism to impart a vertical reciprocatory motion to said secondary cutter transversely of said slot, whereby a portion of said strip may be partially severed therefrom.

19. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, a primary and a secondary cutter, means to impart an intermittent feeding movement to said strip and mechanism adapted to moi e said secondary cutter transversely of said primary cutter at the end of a predetermined number of feeding movements of said strip, whereby said strip may be partially severed transversely thereof at one or more places and the portion thereof which has thusbeen partially severed may be subsequently entirelysevered from said strip.

20. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, a primary and a secondary cutter, means to impart an intermittent feeding movement to said strip and instrumentalities embodying a pawl and ratehet mechanism and a contact member, adapted to move one of said cutters transversely of the other of said cutters at the end of a predetermined number of feeding movements of said strips.

21. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for. setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, a primary and a secondary cutter, means to impart an intermittent feeding movement to said strip, in

ments of said contact member may take placev before said secondary cutter is moved.

22. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, a primary and a secondary cutter adapted to coact with each other to out said strip, the cutting edge of one of said cutters extending only partly across said reinforcing strip and means to impart a reciprocatory motion to one of said cutters whereby a portion of said reinforcing strip may be partly severed therefrom.

23. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, a primary cutter adapted to move vertically to contact with said reinforcing strip, a secondary cutter adapted to coact with said primary cutter and having acutting edge extending only partly across said reinforcing strip, means to impart a vertical reciprocatory motion to said secondary cutter and mechanism adapted to move said secondary cutter longitudinallyof its cutting edge, whereby a portion of said reinforcing strip may be partly severed therefrom or entirely severed therefrom.

24. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for settin a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or sioe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, a primary and a secondary cutter adapted to coact with each other to out said strip, the cutting edge of one of said cutters extending only partly across said reinforcing strip, a presser foot to which one of said cutters is fastened and means to intermittently raise and'lower said presser foot, whereby a portion of said reinforcing strip may be partly severed therefrom.

25. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, a primary cutter adapted to move vertically to contact with said reinforcing strip, a secondary cutter adapted to coact with said primary cutter and having a cutting edge extending only partly across said reinforcing strip, a presser foot upon which said secondary cutter is slidably mounted, means to intermittently ter longitudinally of its cutting edge on said presser foot, whereby a portion of said reinforcing strip may be partly severed therefrom or entirely severed therefrom.

26. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, a primary cutter adapted to move vertically to contact with said reinforcing strip, a secondary cutter adapted to coact with said primary cutter and having a cutting edge extending only partly across said reinforcing strip, a presser foot upon which said secondary cutter is slidably mounted, means to intermittently raise and lower said presser foot, a ratchet and a lever rotatably mounted on said presser foot, a pawl adapted to engage said ratchet and connected to said lever, means to rock said lever, a contact member fast to said ratchet and mechanism operated by said contact member adapted to move said secondary cutter longitudinally of its cutting edge on said presser foot, whereby a portion of said reinforcing strip may be partly severed therefrom or entirely severed therefrom.

27. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper ofa boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, a primary cutter adapted to move vertically to contact with said reinforcing strip, a secondary cutter adapted to coact with said primary cutter and having a cutting edge extending only partly across said reinforcing strip, a presser foot upon which said secondary cutter is slidably mounted, means to intermittently raise and lower said presser foot, a ratchet and a lever rotatably mounted on said presser foot, a pawl adapted to engage said ratchet and connected to said lever, means to rock said lever, a spring acting to rotate said ratchet in one direction, a locking pawl adapted to hold said ratchet against the action of said spring, a contact member fast to said ratchet and mechanism operated by said contact member adapted to move said secondary cutter longitudinally of its cut ting edge on said presser foot, whereby a portion of said reinforcing strip may be partly severed therefrom or entirely severed therefrom.

28. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, a primary cutter adapted to move vertically to contact with said reinforcing strip, a secondary cutter adapted to coac-t with said primary cutter and having a cutting edge extending only partly across said reinforcing strip, a presser foot upon which said secondary cutter is slidably mounted, means to intermittently raise and lower said presser foot, a. ratchet and a lever rotatably mounted on said presser foot, a pawl adapted to engage said ratchet and connected to said lever, means to rock said lever, a spring acting to rotate said ratchet in one direction, alocking pawl adapted to hold said ratchet against the action of said spring, a contact member fast to said ratchet, mechanism operatedby said contact member adapted to move-said secondary cutter longitudinally of its cutting edge on said presser foot, whereby aportion of said reinforcing strip may be partly severed therefrom orv entirely severed therefrom, a stop and a stop pin fast to said ratchet adapted to engage said stop and locate said contact member relatively to said secondary cutter operating mechanism.

29. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, a primary cutter adapted to move vertically to contact with said reinforcing strip, a secondary cutter adapted to 'coact with said primary cutter and having a cutting edge extending only partly across said reinforcing strip, a presser foot upon which said secondary cutter is slidably mounted, means to intermittently raise and lower said presser foot, a ratchet and a lever rotatably mounted on said presser foot, a pawl adapted to engage said ratchet and connected to said lever, means to rock said lever, a spring acting to rotate said ratchet in one direction, a looking pawl adapted to hold said ratchet against-the action of said spring, a contact member fast to said ratchet, mechanism operated by said contact member adapted to move said secondary cutter longitudinally of its cutting edge on saidpresser foot, whereby a portion of said reinforcing strip may be partly severed therefrom or entirely severed therefrom, a stop and a stop pin fast to said ratchet adapted to. engage said stop and locate said contact meniber relatively to said secondary cutter operating mechanism, said stop pin being adjustably fas tened to said ratchet whereby a varying numberof movements of said contact member may take place before said secondary critter is moved longitudinally of its cutting e ge.

30. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, a primary and a secondary cutter, a presser foot upon which said secondary cutter is slidably mounted, means to intermittently raise and lower said presser foot, mechanism. adapted to move said secondary cutter longitudinally of its cutting edge, said mechanism including a ratchet, a contact member rotatablymounted upon said presser foot and mechanism ,to impart a rotary motion 1 said ratchet and contact member comprising a lever, a pawl adapted to engage the teeth of said ratchet and means to rock said lever, said pawl being slidably mounted upon a stationary support and having sliding engagement with said lever, a spring adapted to rotate said ratchet in one direction, a locking pawl mounted upon a stationary support and adapted to engage the teeth of said ratchet and a latch rotatably mounted upon said presser foot concentric with said ratchet, said latch having a tooth therein adapted to be engaged by said pawl, whereby said pawl may be thrown out of engagen'ient with said ratchet. F

31. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, a primary and a secondary cutter, a presser foot upon which said secondary cutter is slidably mounted, means to intermittently raise and lower said presser foot, mechanism adapted to move said secondary cutter longitudinally of its cutting edge, said mechanism including a ratchet, a contact member rotatably mounted upon said presser foot and mechanism to impart a rotary motion to said ratchet and contact member comprising a lover, a pawl adapted to engage the teeth of said ratchet and means to rock said lever, said pawl being slidably mounted upon a stationary support and having a sliding engagement with said lever, a spring adapted to rotate said ratchet in one direction, a locking pawl mounted upon a stationary support and adapted to engage the teeth of said ratchet and a latch rotatably mounted upon said presser foot concentric with said ratchet, Said latch having a tooth therein adapted to be engaged by said pawl, whereby said pawl may be thrown out of engagement with said ratchet, said latch adapted to be subsequently disengaged from said pawl by an upward movement of said presser foot.

32. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, a primary and a secondary cutter, a presser foot upon which said secondary cutter is mounted, means to intermittently raise and lower said presser foot, mechanism adapted to impart an intermittent feeding movement to said strip including a lever mounted upon said presser foot, and means to impart a rocking movement to said lever, whereby a portion of said strip may be severed therefrom and another portion of said strip may be fed between said cutters.

33. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a lacing hook in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, means for partially severingap rt on of a d s ip therefrom, a presser foot comprising a guide for said, strip, means to feed said strip and means to automatically raise and lower said presser foot,

34:. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a predetermined number of lacing hooks in series in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor and means for automatically severing from said strip the portion thereof which has been attached to said upper by said lacing hooks when said predetermined number of lacing hooks has been set. 1 t

35. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a predetermined number of lacing hooks in series in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor and means for slitting said strip partly thereacross between adjacent hooks and for severing from said strip the portion thereof which has been attached to said upper by said lacing hooks when said predetermined number of lacing hooks has been set.

36. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for setting a predetermined number of lacing hooks in series in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, said setting means embodying a punch adapted to pierce a hole in said upper and reinforcing strip, mechanism adapted to move said punch laterally thereof to feed said upper and reinforcing strip and means for partially severing said strip between adjacent hooks and for automatically entirely severing from said strip the portion thereof which has been attached to said upper by said lacing hooks when said predetermined number of lacing hooks has been set.

37. A lacing hook setting machine having, in combination, means for automatically setting a predetermined number of lacing hooks in series in the upper of a boot or shoe and in a reinforcing strip therefor, said setting means embodying a punch adapted to pierce a hole in said upper and reinforcing strip, mechanism adapted to move said punch laterally thereof to feed said upper and reinforcing strip and means for automatically severing from said strip the portion thereof which has been attached to said upper by said lacing hooks when said predetermined number of lacing hooks has been set.

88. In a lacing stud setting machine, the combination with a guide for a continuous reinfoping' strip to prevent its lateral displacement in both directions and direct the same to the work, of step by step means for advancing the strip through said guide, means for attaching said strip to the work by automatically setting a predetermined number of studs at intervals through a lengtlrof said strip when advanced to the work and means for automatically severing the portion of said strip thus attached when said predetermined number of lacing hooks has been set.

39. In a lacing stud setting machine the combination with a guide for a continuous reinforcing strip to prevent its lateral displacement in both directions and direct the same to the work, of means for attaching said strip to the work by the setting of a predetermined number of studs at intervals through a length of said strip when. advanced to the work, both said work and strip being fed simultaneously after each setting operation, and means to sever the portion of said strip thus attached to said work when said predetermined number of lacing hooks has been set.

40. In a lacing stud setting machine, means for feeding the work and a reinforcing strip an equal distance and simultaneously, means for setting a predetermined number of studs through both the strip and the work, for attaching said strip to the work, and means for automatically severing the applied length of strip from the rest of the strip when said predetermined number of lacing hooks has been set.

41. In a lacing stud setting machine, means including a punch for setting studs, means for causing said setting means to feed a continuous reinforcing strip with a shoe upper and automatically set a predetermined number of studs through both, and means for partly severing the strip at intervals.

42. In a lacing stud setting machine, means for setting studs, means for causing said setting means to feed a continuous reinforcing strip with a shoe upper and automatically set a predetermined number of studs through both and means whereby the strip may be partially severed.

43. Iii a lacing stud setting machine, means for setting studs, means for causing said setting means to feed a continuous reinforcing strip with a shoe upper and automatically set a predetermined number of studs through both, connecting them together and means to automatically sever the strip when said predetermined number of lacing hooks has been set and manually operated means for severing the strip when desired.

44. In a lacing stud setting machine, means for feeding the work and a reinforcing strip an equal distance and simultaneously, means for automatically setting a predetermined number of studs through both the strip and the work, for attaching the two together, and means whereby the strip may be partly severed transversely at intervals.

45. In a lacing stud setting machine, a-

guide for leading a continuous strip of reinforcing material over a shoe upper, a punch for forming a stud rece1v1ng hole in both the reinforcing strip and" the upper, means whereby said-punch is caused to impart a step by step feeding movement to both the.-

strip and upper, means for automatically setting a predetermined number of studs .in the holes punched and means for automatically severing the applied length of strip from the rest of the strip when said predetermined number of studs has been set.

\ 46. In a lacing stud setting machine, a

punch for forming a stud receiving hole in both a reinforcing strip and a shoe upper, means whereby said punch is carried to impart a step by step feeding movement to boththe strip and upper and means for au tomatically severing the strip after a pre determined number of studs have been se in said strip and upper.

47. In a lacing stud setting machine, a guide for a continuous reinforcing strip to prevent its lateral displacement in both di- 'rectlons and direct the same to the work, a punch for forming a stud receiving hole in both a reinforcing strip and a shoe upper, means whereby said punch is caused to impart a step by step feeding movement to both the strip and upper, said strip being secured to the upper by the automatic setting of a predetermined number of studs through both and means to sever said strip automatically When said predetermined number of studs has been set as aforesaid.

48. In a lacing stud setting machine, means including a punch for setting studs, means for guiding a strip of reinforcing tape to a shoe upper, said punching means being adapted to feed said strip with said upper and the latter being secured to the upper by the setting. of a predetermined number of studs through both and means to automatically sever said strip when said prea strip of reinforcing tape to a shoe upper,

said setting means being adapted to feed said strip with said upper and the latter being secured to the upper by the setting of a predetermined number of studs through both and means in said guide for assisting in automatically severing the strip when said predetermined number of studs has been set.

50. In a machine of the character described, means for advancing a reinforcing strip to be attached to the work, a cutter for partially severing the strip at intervals and completely severing the strip after a predetermined number of partially severing operations, and means for setting studs through the partially severed sections and the work.

51. In a machine of the character described, means for advancing a reinforcing strip to be attached to the work, a cutter for partially severing the strip at intervals, means for automatically adjusting the cutter to completely sever the strlp after a predetermined number of partially severing operations, and means for setting studs through the partially severed sections and the Work.

52. In a lacing stud setting machine, feeding'means for advancing the Work and a reinforcing strip simultaneously step by step to receive a stud through both, a cutter for partialy severing the strip at intervals as advanced, and means for adjusting the cutter to completely sever the strip after a predetermined number of stud setting operations.

53. In a lacing stud setting machine, feeding means for advancing the Work and a reinforcing strip step by step to receive a stud through both, a strip cutter adapted to partially sever the strip at intervals, and means for controlling the efiective cutting length of said cutter to completely sever the strip after a predetermined number of partially severing operations.

54:. In a lacing stud setting machine, means for advancing a reinforcing strip step by step to be attached to the Work, a cutter having a plurality of blades, and means for ad uSting said blades to partially sever the strip at intervals and completely sever the strip after a predetermined number of partially severing actions.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ARTHUR R. HAVENER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES S. GooDING, SYDNEY E. TAFT. 

